Obi-Wan and Darth Vader are again collectively for the first time since 2005.
Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen return their iconic roles from the “Star Wars” prequel collection in the new Disney+ restricted collection “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” For the stars, it’s been an extended journey since the prequels premiered.
“For the response to not be rosy after they got here out, was onerous. It was onerous,” McGregor informed Selection’s Marc Malkin on the purple carpet at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim on Thursday. “I believe it made me form of put my blinkers on a bit bit… Over the years, I’ve felt now the appreciation for the prequels, the heat that there’s for the technology that we made them for. For them, our ‘Star Wars’ movies are their ‘Star Wars’ movies.”
Christensen, who has gone full Darth Vader for the first time with “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” was past blissful to get the name from director Deborah Chow about reprising the function as the damaged Anakin Skywalker. When requested if he ever believed he’d be coming again to Star Wars, he answered, “For the longest time, no I didn’t. I suppose perhaps just a few years main as much as it, the concept began to percolate in the again of my head and I believed that there’s actually extra there to discover. And I’m so blissful to get to take action.”
To Chow — who beforehand directed the beloved collection “The Mandalorian” earlier than taking on all six episodes of “Obi-Wan” — having Christensen again was important.
“We’re so linked to the prequels and ‘Revenge of the Sith’ and, clearly having Ewan again, however to have Hayden again, I don’t assume it might have made sense in any other case,” she defined.
Whereas the collection options many fan-favorite roles from the previous, it additionally introduces quite a few new characters. Moses Ingram stars as Inquisitor Reva, a robust Sith force-user from Darth Vader’s loss of life squad tasked with discovering and killing the universe’s remaining Jedis. For Ingram, taking on the function was astonishing.
“It’s actually dope,” she defined. “And Suttirat, our costume designer is wonderful so placing on the go well with does a number of the work for you. It simply makes you arise and stroll round all huge. And Deb performs the music whereas we’re filming, so it’s actually loopy.”
For extra “Obi-Wan Kenobi” scoop, watch the full interviews with McGregror (above) and Christensen (beneath). The primary two episodes are actually streaming completely on Disney+.
